Wild's Scandella nephew of former Hab Momesso

Former Canadien Sergio Momesso – who was part of Montreal’s 1986 Stanley Cup team – now works as a radio analyst for Habs games on TSN Radio 690.

But Momesso took the night off on Nov. 19 when the Minnesota Wild was at the Bell Centre. The reason: Momesso’s nephew Marco Scandella is a defenceman with the Wild. The game was going to be only the second one in Montreal for Scandella, who was selected by the Wild in the second round of the 2008 NHL entry draft.

It wasn’t a good game for the Wild, who lost 6-2 to the Canadiens. Scandella had 15:08 of ice time and was minus-1. In 19 games with the Wild, the 6-foot-3, 207-pounder had four assists and was plus-6.

Scandella was part of Team Canada for the 2010 world junior championship but could have played for Italy since he has dual citizenship. Scandella’s father, Francesco, was born and raised in Fino del Monte, Italy, and came to Canada when he was 20 to work.

Momesso was a recent guest on The Gazette’s HIO Show on the hockeyinsideout.com website. You can watch that show by clicking here.

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